Allied health professions degrees

As an Allied Health Professional (AHP) you'll enjoy a rewarding and challenging career.

We place the values of the NHS constitution at the heart of our health degree courses, and we provide a stimulating learning experience designed to motivate and inspire you to become a high-performing, compassionate and patient-focused health professional who puts the health and wellbeing of the public first.

Why Brighton?

  • UK top 20% for graduate earnings in Allied Health, three years after graduating - Longitudinal Educational Outcomes 2024.
  • 3rd in the UK for physiotherapy courses - Guardian University Guide 2025.
  • 8th in the UK and 2nd in the South East for physiotherapy - Complete University Guide 2025.
  • Many specialist subject facilities on campus including a clinical imaging suite, virtual anatomy lab, and clinical skills and simulation suites.   
  • In allied health professions, dentistry, nursing and pharmacy, 100% of our research environment is rated as world-leading or internationally excellent in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework.

Additional funding support

UK students studying nursing, midwifery and some allied health professions subjects receive a non-repayable grant of at least £5,000 each academic year. Find out more on the NHS website.

Meet us

Sport and health sciences degrees

Degrees in allied health professions subjects

Undergraduate degrees

Our undergraduate health degree courses offer a balance of placement and university learning. You'll be joining a university where health students enjoy excellent graduate rates of employment.

Postgraduate degrees

Our postgraduate degrees offer opportunities to train as an allied health profession in two years. For those already in the profession we offer opportunities to take your career to the next level.

Pre-registration courses

We also offer a range of continuing professional education opportunities.

Apprenticeships

Our apprenticeships combine work with part-time university study. Apprentices develop through on-the-job learning with work-based projects relevant to their organisation. Programmes are offered through a combination of face-to-face and digital learning.

PhD

A PhD at the University of Brighton will develop your professional skills as a researcher in your chosen discipline, and enable you to make your original contribution to knowledge, working alongside dedicated academics in a vibrant, supportive community.

lecturer laughing with student while cooking

Why study the allied health professions at Brighton?

student paramedics with a mannequin

You'll be joining a university where health students enjoy excellent graduate rates of employment. Our students qualify for professional practice in areas including diagnostic radiography, occupational therapy, paramedic science, physiotherapy and podiatry.

students using the x-ray table

You'll build experience on placement with local NHS trusts and other health and social care providers in a variety of settings. You'll put learning into practice whilst building relationships and working with other health professionals.

student talking to a patient on a bed

You'll benefit from using facilities, including our Clinical Skills and Simulation suites, Flexible Learning Environment, Daily Living Suite and practical skills rooms. We've recently redeveloped the facilities on our Falmer campus.

Accrediting bodies and professional links

Chartered Society of Physiotherapy logo

Our Physiotherapy BSc(Hons) and Physiotherapy (Pre-registration) MSc are accredited by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.

This ensures our graduates build and consolidate the core physiotherapy knowledge, skills values and behaviours for a successful career.

Royal College of Occupational Therapists logo

Our Occupational Therapy BSc(Hons), Occupational Therapy (Pre-registration MSc and Occupational Therapy Apprenticeship are accredited by the Royal College of Occupational Therapists.

Accreditation ensures our courses meet the education standards set by the profession, respond to local, national and global issues which may affect the profession and produce graduates who are fit for academic award, practice, purpose and the profession.

Royal College of Podiatry logo

Our Podiatry BSc(Hons), Podiatry (Pre-registration) MSc and Podiatry Degree Apprenticeship are accredited by The Royal College of Podiatry.

Health and Care Professions Council logo

Our courses in diagnostic radiography, paramedic science, physiotherapy, podiatry and occupational therapy are approved by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). 

HCPC is a regulator of 15 health and care professions in the UK. Our courses provide everything you need to start working as an HCPC-registered professional in these areas.

College of Paramedics logo

Our Paramedic Science BSc(Hons) is endorsed by the College of Paramedics.

Endorsement demonstrates our commitment to the paramedic profession beyond the ‘threshold’ required by the HCPC - our programme strives to go above and beyond the minimum requirements.

College of Radiographers (CoR) logo

Our Diagnostic Radiography BSc(Hons), Diagnostic Radiography (pre-registration) MSc and Diagnostic Radiography Degree Apprenticeship are approved by the College of Radiographers. 

The College's approval and accreditation framework secures consistency of standards of clinical imaging and oncology education, and aligns standards of clinical practice with the profession’s Education and Career Framework (2013).

Stay in touch

Meet us at an event

If you have a question about these courses, our enquiries team will be happy to help.

01273 644644

Find out more about what it's like to study the Allied Health Professions by subscribing to our subject blog.

Latest from this subject area

Brighton podiatry students support London Marathon runners

University of Brighton students again played a crucial role in this year’s London Marathon by providing essential footcare to thousands of runners.

Pioneering new study tests how a simple ice slushy could protect against heat exhaustion for the elderly and vulnerable

A groundbreaking study from the University of Brighton examines whether a simple icy drink taken prior to activity could protect older adults from dangerous heat stress linked to gut health.

Try out university at a summer school

If you’re in year 12 or your first year of 6th form college, you have the chance to try out what it’s like to study at university at one of our summer schools.

Brighton and Sussex Wildlife Trust unite to protect Falmer campus chalk grassland

The University of Brighton has partnered with Sussex Wildlife Trust to restore and protect the chalk grassland at its Falmer campus, an essential local habitat.

Read more from our blog

Allied health professions-related degrees

Related courses

Related subjects